Yesterday, we got a very strong indication that Google is bringing its Android-based Google Play Store to Chromebooks. This could be a game changer. Would it affect your decision to buy one?

We’ve suspected this move was coming for a while. Google’s been working on getting Android apps to work in Chrome since 2014. As Ars Technica points out in a recent leak, Google could be planning to bring “over a million” Android apps to the platform very soon. Bringing the Play Store to Chrome OS would be a massive infusion of apps for a platform that, despite steady improvements, still lacks in the app department.

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Of course, we have yet to see how Google’s entire Play Store would work when brought over to Chrome OS. Still, supposing the apps work as well on a Chromebook as they do on Android devices, would that change your opinion? Do you think an infusion of local apps from a neighboring ecosystem would make Chrome OS a compelling alternative to competing laptops? Or is it still no match for a laptop that’s been getting native apps since the start?